Alphabet associations - I

[Flay]

Efrem Kurtz conducted the Macbeth music, but Ibert composed it

[mercia]

Efrem Kurtz

Kurtz is my man

.....so those other details are ............. ?

[Flay]

Pritchard and Kurtz were Liverpool Phil joint conductors from 1955 to 1957

[Flay]

And in Monte Carlo he conducted the première of Offenbach's ballet Gaîté Parisienne.

[mercia]

Efrem Kurtz as you say

conducted the première of Offenbach's ballet Gaîté Parisienne
jointly conducted the Liverpool Phil from 1955 to 1957
conducted Ibert's film music for Macbeth

well done mcflay

we are lacking an L

[Flay]

Thank you, Macmercs.

Please give me a L from wooden shoes, iron horses, and a spiny mammal

[Nick Armstrong]

Thank you, Macmercs.

Please give me a L from wooden shoes, iron horses, and a spiny mammal

Clogs, trains and a porcupine - sounds like Honegger but I can't make most of it fit.

Not one of your two letter specials is it? Clogs = Clog Dance = La Fille Mal Gardée....

[Flay]

Clogs, trains and a porcupine - sounds like Honegger but I can't make most of it fit.

Not one of your two letter specials is it? Clogs = Clog Dance = La Fille Mal Gardée....

An excellent start, Calibs. I realise I confounded you with my du clues, but it isn't La. However the ballet is correct (but you have the wrong sort of spines).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I thought it said "spiny mamma!"

[Flay]

I thought it said "spiny mamma!"

Pay attention, ferney!

[amateur51]

I thought it said "spiny mamma!"

Ah! Doktor Freud's Shaving Rash Complex, huh?

[amateur51]

An excellent start, Calibs. I realise I confounded you with my du clues, but it isn't La. However the ballet is correct (but you have the wrong sort of spines).

Hedgehog? Echidna??

[Flay]

Ah! Doktor Freud's Shaving Rash Complex, huh?

Hedgehog?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah! Doktor Freud's Shaving Rash Complex, huh?

[Flay]

Not this one!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19992133